They say all politics are local.
That might not be the way Americans say it but Americans do not worry much about syntax (such as the use of a plural verb with a plural subject). This…
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CBC Wrecks Another Debate #elxn42
I’ve long called for More Debates, Not Fewer Debaters, and CBC again disappoints. Not much watchdog press left in Canada. No wonder people reject mainstream journalism for real reporting online.#cbc…
NDP attacks Trudeau—Harper grins
As I was about to mail another donation to the NDP earlier this week, I encountered the following headline on the CBC website: “NDP sets sights on Trudeau in bid…
Knox Met Candidates Forum in Regina, Sept. 29, 2015 #elxn42
Here’s a portion in High Definition: And another segment (it’s also included in the long video at the top, so if you’ve seen that, there’s probably nothing new in this…
Turning the corner on the 2015 election.
There are many wonderful readers of Babel-on-the-Bay. The other day one of our stalwarts sent an e-mail saying how warming it was to read that the Harper government is toast.…
The Political Prisoner’s Dilemma
Let’s double back to Karl Nerenberg’s take on the opposition parties’ messages in Canada’s federal election and point out how it relates to a classic decision-making hypothetical, the prisoner’s dilemma.…
Mr. Mulcair Will the NDP Negotiate A New Health Accord to Include ABA for Autism Under Medicare?
September 30, 2015 Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Official Opposition Dear Mr Mulcair The Federal NDP has in the past been very helpful in addressing autism on a national level…
Mr. Mulcair Will the NDP Negotiate A New Health Accord to Include ABA for Autism Under Medicare?
September 30, 2015 Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Official Opposition Dear Mr Mulcair The Federal NDP has in the past been very helpful in addressing autism on a national level…
Mr. Mulcair Will the NDP Negotiate A New Health Accord to Include ABA for Autism Under Medicare?
September 30, 2015 Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Official Opposition Dear Mr Mulcair The Federal NDP has in the past been very helpful in addressing autism on a national level…
Mr. Mulcair Will the NDP Negotiate A New Health Accord to Include ABA for Autism Under Medicare?
September 30, 2015Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Official OppositionDear Mr MulcairThe Federal NDP has in the past been very helpful in addressing autism on a national level including efforts by…
Free Trade, CETA, TPP, and the US and Canadian Federal Elections: Some Critical Perspective
The following is critical to understand – for the people of Canada, the US, Europe and the world: “free trade” deals such those already signed (NAFTA), and those being pushed…
Mulcair flogs a dead plan for the Senate.
When you know that you cannot possibly achieve your objective, why try to sell it? Obviously New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair is no salesman. A good sales person knows that…
On continuing opportunities
Let’s answer Greg Lyle’s headline question as simply and concisely as possible: No. The NDP’s opportunity in the ongoing federal campaign has never involved the ability to move the election…
Denying Women Canadian Citizenship Does Nothing to Fight Opression
Are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives actually trying to argue that denying a woman citizenship for wearing the niqab is somehow promoting equal rights? It would seem to me that…
Denying Women Canadian Citizenship Does Nothing to Fight Opression
Are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives actually trying to argue that denying a woman citizenship for wearing the niqab is somehow promoting equal rights? It would seem to me that…
Denying Women Canadian Citizenship Does Nothing to Fight Opression
Are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives actually trying to argue that denying a woman citizenship for wearing the niqab is somehow promoting equal rights? It would seem to me that…
Denying Women Canadian Citizenship Does Nothing to Fight Opression
Are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives actually trying to argue that denying a woman citizenship for wearing the niqab is somehow promoting equal rights? It would seem to me that…
Consider this post a chronicle of Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop policies…
Consider this post a chronicle of Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop policies… I could go on… but this is a nice start, eh! In no particular order: Shortly after his election to…
These are the types of NDP candidates Thomas Mulcair stands behind…
These are the types of NDP candidates Thomas Mulcair stands behind… Intolerance Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Alexandre Boulerice says the NDP is against the niqab! Mégantic—L’Érable Jean-François Delisle says the NDP should…
New column day
Here, expanding on this post about the crucial difference between the types of change on offer from the NDP and the Libs. While there wasn’t room for this point in…